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Video No. 1: "The F-22 Raptor is Absurd"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRejg06jJPQ

Video No. 2: "4 F-22 Raptors break formation @ 2009 Thunder Over the Boardwalk"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qE1QJqgHYU

1 posted on 04/04/2013 6:50:57 AM PDT by EnjoyingLife
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To: EnjoyingLife
Many, many years ago, lived in Williamsburg Va and was driving down to Newport Newes. All of a sudden....big sign..."Road Closed"....and we could see little fighter jets all over the place...along with the booms....Awesome...

Also visited the Langley Complex and they had planes of the future....This was my first look at the Stealth.

IIRC, at Langley....You temporarily give them all rights to your person and all possessions.

2 posted on 04/04/2013 7:03:31 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: EnjoyingLife

We saw them fly in an airshow at Andrews. They are amazing.


3 posted on 04/04/2013 7:13:32 AM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: EnjoyingLife

But are they good enough to beat the mighty North Korean Air Force?


4 posted on 04/04/2013 7:18:17 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The ballot box is a sham. Nothing will change until after the war.)
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To: EnjoyingLife

another good one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc04qQTY6bs

you can thank 0bama for shutting down its development / deployment (not to mention the lack of attention towards the sabotage efforts...)

i’m guessing they pushed a few to NK just to scrap them


5 posted on 04/04/2013 7:18:42 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: EnjoyingLife

Thanks for the video links. I just watched the first one. Amazing! Its maneuverability makes it look like one of those radio controlled planes we used to fly.


7 posted on 04/04/2013 7:23:31 AM PDT by bubbacluck (You don't drive out the darkness; you turn on the light.)
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It is unfair for the US to have this advantage. All F22s must be grounded and scrapped. /liberal


8 posted on 04/04/2013 7:25:10 AM PDT by piytar (The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
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"This plane was doing things that shouldn't be possible in a jet," he said. "I just kept thinking that if anyone tried that in any other plane, he'd be dead."

Talk about laying it on thick...

The thrust-vectoring nozzles (TVN) fitted to the MiG-29 and Su-35/Su-37 are 3D nozzles whereas the TVN fitted to the F-22 are only 2D, so this makes them more maneuverable.

Video #1 - Best Sukhoi Su 37 Terminator 360° Kulbit

Video #2 - MiG-29 with TVN at 2006 Farnborough.

10 posted on 04/04/2013 8:09:36 AM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (People should not be afraid of the government. Government should be afraid of the people)
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That there is what we call Freedom.


11 posted on 04/04/2013 8:40:03 AM PDT by twoputt
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"This plane was doing things that shouldn't be possible in a jet,"

The first time I saw one at an airshow I thought the same thing.
14 posted on 04/04/2013 11:32:29 AM PDT by TalonDJ
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